Description: Pyrochlore Group Vishnevye Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Southern Urals, Russia 8.5 x 10.8 cm Lustrous pyrochlore crystals to 0.6 cm showing reddish-brown color in transmitted light. The crystals are sharp octahedrons with cubic modifications and are associated with black biotite on a white calcite matrix.

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